Wafer-iron.



10,858,460. PATENTE) JULY 2f, 19o?.

- G.r M. KNMP.

WAFBR IRON. Arrmormou Hmm nng.a,1ooe.

UNITE sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

. OORA M. KNAPP, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WAFER-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application nea December 3,1906. serial No. 346,045. i

Ature, and ei'iicient in use, and which will be better adapted to its intended purposes than any other device of the same class with which l am acquainted.

Another object oi the invention is to provide means whereby the mold or wafer-iron, proper, having the batter attached thereto, may be properly submerged in the hot lard, or otliei-suitable material, in the vessel, while it is being cooked, without the necessity of manually holding it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a suitable and convenient means whereby the suspendingshank may be readily attached to or disengaged from wafer-irons of varying configuration, and which may, at the same time, be conveniently handled without danger of burning the hand or hands of those using it.

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination oi parts, hereinafter described, illustrated-in accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure- 1, is a side elevation, partly in section, of the wafer-iron. Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same.` Fig. 3, an inverted top plan view of a bell-shaped water-iron. Fig. 4, a top plan view oi a heart-shaped wafer-iron. Fig. 5, a transverse sectional view. taken through line 3 3, of Fig. 3. I

Similar numerals ot reference designate like parts throughout all the iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings l, designates a wire, bent upon itself to form a loop 2, at its front end and then bent down to form a downwardlyextending shank 3, carrying at its lower end, in the present instance, a circular concavo-conveX-shaped wafer-iron or mold 4, provided with a errule or hub portion 5, having a screw threaded opening adapted to screw on to a threaded portion oi the lower end oi the downwardly-extending shank 3. It will be observed that the water-iron or mold 4, is provided with ribbed or corrugated walls 6. The rear portion of the wire 1, is provided with a wooden handle 7, and when it is desired to cook the batter clinging to the waferiron the same is properly positioned and submerged in hot lard, or other suitable material, by resting the wire 1, or handle portion, in a horizontal position over the upper edges of the pot or vessel, the looped portion 2, taking over the opposite edge of the pot or vessel.

In Fig. 3, I have shown an inverted bell-shaped wafer-iron or mold provided at its base with a threaded opening 8, adapted to receive and take over the.

threaded lower portion oi the downwardly-extending shank 3, while in Fig. 4, I have shown a heart-shaped water-iron or mold consisting of two concentric heartshapedbands 9, united and secured together by integral radially-extending arms l0, terminating at their inner ends in a errule or hub portion 1l, provided with a threaded opening 12, adapted to take over and be secured to the threaded lower portion of the downwardly-eXtending shank 3. It will be observed that the concentric bands or walls 13, of the bell-shaped wafer-iron or mold, are tapered from top to bottom as shown most clearly in Fig. 5, for the purpose of permitting the wafer, when properly cooked, to be readily removed. The concentric walls or bands 9, of the heart-shaped water-iron or mold are similarly tapered for the same purpose.

In practice the wafer-iron or mold is irst dipped into the hot lard, or other suitable material, and thoroughly heated, after which it is dipped into a batter, the latter clinging to the sides or surfaces of the iron and it is then placed in a pan or vessel of hot melted lard, or other-suitable material, until the batter clingingto the iron is sufficiently cooked, whereupon it is removed and the cake allowed to fall or drop from the iron, on to a plate, or other proper receptacle. It will of course be understood that in dipping the heated and greased iron into the batter care should be taken that it be not completely submerged, as in such instance the batter would cling to the upper surface of the iron and render it impossible to detach the cooked cake therefrom without irst scraping or cutting off the upper surface. l

`Having thus described my invention, without having attempted to setv orth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A wafer-iron, consisting of two concentric bell-shaped tapered bands provided with a threaded portion and secured together at their top and base portions, and a han- Idle or shank portion consisting of a wire bent upon itself to form a horizontally-extending loop at its front end in the same horizontal plane with the handle portion and then bent at the base of said loop to form a downwardlyextending shank having its lower end threaded and taking into said threaded portion.

2. A wafer-iron, consisting of a mold comprising two concentric tapered bands provided with a threaded opening, and a handle consisting of a wire bent upon itself to form a horizontal loop at its front end in the same horizontal plane with the handle and then bent at the rear of said loop to form a downwardly-extending shank having its end threaded to take into said threaded opening of the mold, said loop and handle being adapted to take over the upper edges of the cooking-vessel to suspend the mold in l upon itself to form va loop nt its front end in horizontal proper position.

3. In a wafer-iron, the combination with a bell-shaped iron or mold provided at its base with a threaded opening; of a handle consisting of a Wire bent upon itself to forni a horizontal loop at its front end in horizontal alinement with the rear or handle portion 4thereof and then bent to forni a downwardly-extending shank at the rear of said loop having; its end threaded to take into said threadl() ed opening of said iron or mold.

4. In a Wafer-iron, a handle 'consisting of a wire bent alinement with the rear or handle portion thereof und then bent downwardly to l'ornl :L suspending shank :1t right :ingles to said handle and loop.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature, in presence of two subscribingl witnesses.

CORA M. KNA ll Witnesses:

O. N. MCCLINTOCK, L. A. SMITH. 

